Grab a bowl of popcorn and your favorite beverage, hit the sofa, dim the lights, and flick on the television screen. We’re off to the movies. Specifically, movies about men. Over the past century, Hollywood has produced thousands of cinematic portraits of men and manhood. They’ve stepped onto the big screen as good guys and…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘We Bought A Zoo’: All You Need in Life is 20 Seconds of Insane, Embarrassing Courage
One thing is for certain—you won’t need any courage at all to buy tickets to see this heart-warming film.
Proof That Film Critics Don’t Know What Kids Like
Knowing what kids like is an art. Here’s some proof that film critics generally don’t understand what kids like. Who does know? Those who get it right are, to name a few, Waldorf school kindergarten teachers, puppet shows, and Pee Wee Herman before his career implosion. Speaking of Pee Wee, kid-humor is a field of…
‘Dangerous’ and ‘Jezebel’: Bette Davis’s Two Oscars in the 1930s
Bette Davis became one of the most respected actresses in Hollywood during the 1930s, largely because she rarely played average heroines. Do the characters she created continue to challenge our expectations today? People who love 1930s cinema are familiar with the Pre-Code Era, which is roughly categorized as 1930–1934. These first few years of talking…
Film Review: ‘My Octopus Teacher’: A Love Letter to the Perfection of Nature
TV-G | 1h 25min | Documentary | 7 September 2020 (USA) I have intense arachnophobia—I hate anything that’s got eight, fast-moving legs. This fear used to extend to the similarly eight-legged octopus. Then, one day my brother brought home some octopus sushi and ate it. I forced myself to try a piece. Tasty! My horror…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Up in the Air’: Technology and Modernization Aren’t Always Positive
R | 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 23 December 2009 (USA) In the United States, we seem to have a renewed sense of hope—a light at the end of the tunnel after the recent turbulence of dark and dreary days. But many tend to forget that we’ve been through some challenging times before,…
9 Movies That Demonstrate How to Do an Excellent Thing in a Woman’s Presence
R | 1h 27min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1 September 2000 (USA) Here are nine movies that demonstrate how to do an excellent thing in a woman’s presence. What does that even mean, you ask? Any young man … scratch that—any man, of any age, who finds women baffling and mysterious, needs to watch…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’: Kiwi Coot Sets Bonneville Flats World Speed Record
PG-13 | 2h 7min | Biography, Drama, Sport | 24 March 2006 (USA) “The World’s Fastest Indian” is not about Native-American Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe, but about the Indian motorcycle that set the world land speed record (for bikes with engines under 1,000 cubic centimeters) at the world’s fastest speedway—Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. And…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’: A Sobering, Uplifting Film
TV-PG | 1h 53min | Biography, Drama, History | 1 March 2019 (USA) Life as a farmer can be unpredictable and sometimes fraught with catastrophe, especially in third-world countries. There, if a particular crop season fails due to drought or other adverse conditions, the farmers can’t simply go and buy rations using their savings. Instead,…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘SlingShot’: Segway Inventor Says Death of Clean Water Looms Worldwide, Builds Miracle Purifier
Dean Kamen is a genius inventor, who’s Slingshot water purifier can empty half the world’s hospital beds and give the world clean drinking water.
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